Biography:Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov

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Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
Born 25 June 1928
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died 29 March 2017
Palo Alto, California, United States


Known for Abrikosov vortex lattice; type-II superconductors; quantum many-body theory
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (2003); Lenin Prize (1966)

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (25 June 1928 - 29 March 2017) was a Soviet, Russian, and American theoretical physicist known for his theory of type-II superconductors and the Abrikosov vortex lattice.

Quantum context

Abrikosov showed how magnetic flux penetrates type-II superconductors in quantized vortices. This made vortex matter a concrete quantum many-body system, with macroscopic electromagnetic behavior tied to microscopic superconducting order.

His work is central to Physics:Quantum superconductivity, Physics:Quantum vortex, and condensed-matter applications of quantum field and many-body methods.

Linked Quantum Collection pages

References


Author: Harold Foppele


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